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Abstract

An external clock unit for use in increasing the clock cycle time in a DEC 8000 series computer without making any hardware changes inside the computer includes a first crystal oscillator for generating a first clock signal 160.2 MHZ, a second crystal oscillator for generating a second clock signal, a multiplexor for receiving said first clock signal and said second clock signal and outputting one of said clock signals, a first line driver for driving the clock signal of 157.53 MHZ outputted by the multiplexor, a second line driver for outputting a clock enable signal, a toggle switch for turning on the clock enable signal and a power supply for providing power to said first crystal oscillator, said second crystal oscillator, said multiplexor and said first and second line drivers. In use, the accelerator is connected to the clock module in the computer through pins in the backplane. When the clock enable signal is turned on, the internal clock in the computer which is coupled to the clock module and which is 133 MHZ is disabled and the clock signal from the external clock unit is fed in to the clock module and used as the clock signal for the computer.

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